Akimbot
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Akimbot is a fun platformer that can be expanded upon with a sequel. The weapons are too simple for a sci-fi game like this, but they all feel fantastic to control nonetheless.
It is pleasing to that games like Akimbot are still being made, as there is a definite place in the market for well-crafted examples of platforming run and gun action.
This self-described throwback to the golden era of PS2 platforming classics falls short of expectations.
I enjoyed my time with Akimbot. It is a charming and surprising lengthy game, with tight controls and a well voiced story. As a diehard Ratchet & Clank fan with no new Ratchet game on the horizon, it was nice to just relax and run around a colorful, platform-y world, and just shoot some bots. However from the visual bugs I kept running into, as well as some key quality of life systems I was missing from current Ratchet & Clank games I found myself wanting more, more often than not.
It takes a good deal of recklessness to develop a video game similar in every respect to Ratchet & Clank, knowing what kind of production you're up against. Akimbot, without mincing words, comes out in pieces; not because it's not funny, but because of the compulsive desire to be a clone of the masterpiece Insomniac. Ironically, the most interesting sections are those with their own character, without wanting at all costs to include citations of other people's intellectual property. A real shame, because technically it is well made and offers a good level of challenge, but it is penalized by the merciless comparison.
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Akimbot's adventure isn't an unpleasant one, but its shortcomings are obvious. The potential of the fights has remained partly unexpressed, either for some too standard weapons, or for the limits related to the more particular and powerful ones.
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While trying to pay tribute to classic platformers, Akimbot fell short when it came to making its own identity. The main characters weren't that interesting and the story was predictable, but it did have a couple of strengths. The look of the world and a great soundtrack makes this game an admirable effort, even if it wasn't successful.
Akimbot is, without a doubt, a good 3D platformer that honors its biggest and most obvious references, with good world-building, more-of-the-same narrative and competent mechanics. But it dares little and hardly dares to explore anything beyond what we have seen before.
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